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Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy

Programme of the fact-finding visits by

Mr Robert WALTER United Kingdom, EC

Rapporteur of the Committee on Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the other occupied territories of

Azerbaijan

12-13 March 2015

and

15-16 September 2015

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Fact-finding visit 12-13 March 2015

Thursday 12 March

8.30 – 10.00 Meeting with the participation of:

- Mr Robert Cekuta, US Ambassador - Mr Adrian Lee, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the United Kingdom - Mr Pascal Meunier, French Ambassador - Mr Viktor Zimin, Attaché, Russian Embassy - Ms Heidrun Tempel, German Ambassador - Mr Ismayil Alper Choshkun, Turkish Ambassador - Mr Toshihiro Katagiri, Attaché, Japanese Embassy - Ms Carine Petit, Belgian Ambassador - Mr Neboysha Rodich, Serbian Ambassador (OSCE Chairmanship) - Ms Malena Mard, Head of the European Union Delegation - Mr Dag Sigurdson, UNHCR Representative

10.15 – 11.30 Meeting with leaders of political parties represented in Milli Mejlis (National Assembly)

11.30 – 12.30 Meeting with members of Azerbaijani Delegation to the PACE

14.00 – 15.15 Meeting with refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs)

15.45 – 16.45 Meeting with Mr Karam Valiyev, Deputy Minister of Defence

17.00 – 18.00 Meeting with civil society representatives dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict:

- Mr Rauf Zeyni, Azerbaijan National NGO Forum - Mr Vugar Gadirov, Azerbaijan Refugee and IDP Youth Organisation - Mr Alimammad Nuriyev, Constitution Research Foundation - Mr Anar Khalilov, “Healthy development and Awareness” Public Union - Mr Nasiman Yagublu, National Journalism Congress - Mr Yusif Ağayev, Friendship Youth Co-Ordination Centre - Mr Nuraddin Mehdiyev, “Bizim Nesil” Youth Regional Development Association - Mr Faik Ismayılov, Organisation for Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan - Mr Bayram Safarov, Leader of the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh - Mr Elchin Akhmadov, Coordinator of “Virtual Karabakh” Information- Communication Technology Centre, Chairperson of the Coordinating Council of the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh

18.00 – 18.50 Meeting with representatives from the following NGOs:

- Helsinki Citizen Assembly - Nagorno-Karabakh Committee of Helsinki Citizen Assembly - Public Forum - Women’s Problems Research Union

Friday 13 March

11.00 – 12.00 Meeting with Mr Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

12.00 – 13.00 Meeting with Mr Ali Hasanov, Chairperson of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs

15.15 – 16.15 Meeting with Mr Ogtay Asadov, Chairperson of Milli Mejlis

16.30 – 17.30 Meeting with Mr Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Fact-finding visit 15-16 September 2015

Tuesday 15 September

11.00 – 11.45 Meeting with Mr Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs

12.00 – 12.45 Meeting with Mr Zakir Hasanov, Minister of Defence

14.45 – 15.45 Meeting with members of the Karabakh Community:

- Mr Bayram Safarov, Head of the Community and Head of the Executive Power of Shusha city - Mr Elman Mammadov, member of Parliament - Mr Eyvaz Huseynov, veteran

16.00 – 17.00 Meeting with members of the Azerbaijani Delegation to the PACE

Wednesday 16 September

Visit to the area of the “line of contact” (district of Tartar)

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